AMENDMENTS 11-27

Government Unit 3

Amendments 11-27

There are 17 other amendments not included in the Bill of Rights

The rest of the amendments have been added from 1795-1992

The most important of these amendments deal with civil rights and voting.

Amendments 11-27

11th- Lawsuits against states (1795) Federal courts are not to be used when a citizen of

another state sues the state Must use state court Foreign countries cannot sue a state in federal court

Ex. Norway suing Delaware in the Supreme court cannot happen

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12th The President and Vice President are elected together. (1804) Kept them from being from two different parties and

arguing constantly Also says that the House of Representatives picks if

there is a tie

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13th Abolishes slavery/ involuntary servitude (1865) Ended slavery and slavery as a result of debt Gives Congress right to make laws to enforce this Exception- Prisoners doing manual labor as a part of

their sentence-Note: Guaranteed slaves freedom but not any rights

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14th Rights of Citizens (1868) Gives people, born or naturalized in the United States,

citizenship and the rights that come with it. Naturalized- becoming an American citizen by

conforming to our laws and standards

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15th Right to vote (1870) Gives citizens the right to vote Cannot be denied based on race, color or if you were a

slave Gives Congress the power to enforce Grandfather laws, poll taxes and voter test were still

allowed Note- Does not given women the right to vote

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16th Grants Congress the power to tax income (1913) Was to help pay for government expenses

17th Provides election of Senators by the people (1913) Use to be elected by the state legislature Now citizens of that state elect senators

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18th Sets up Prohibition Bans the sale, production and consumption of alcohol Only amendment repealed (21st) Was abandoned due to the increase of organized

crime

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19th Grants women the right to vote (suffrage) 1920 During WWI, women were working I the factories and

were unable to vote

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20th Changes the beginning dates for presidential and congressional terms (1933) Was a result of travel being faster and politicians

could get to Washington DC quicker21st Repeals Prohibition (1933)

Prohibition only lasted for 14 years

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22nd Places a limit on the number of terms a president may serve for (1951) Result of FDR being elected to 4 terms (although he

died during the 4th)23rd Grants residents of Washington DC the

right to vote in presidential elections (1961) Washington DC is not a state and therefore they once

could not vote

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24th Prohibits poll tax (1964) A tax required to vote (predominantly in the South) Outlawed a method for trying to prevent blacks from

voting (most blacks were below the poverty line)25th Sets policies for presidential succession

and in case the president is incapacitated (1967) Vice-president takes over and then nominates his new

vice-president Puts the vice-president in charge if the president is in

surgery or incapacitated due to disease

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26th Lowers the voting age to 18 (1971) Result of the Vietnam war

18 year olds were able to get drafted but unable to vote for or against the war

27th Placed limits on Congressional pay raises (1992) Congress can raise its pay but it cannot go in affect

until the following term

Essential Questions

Why do you think it took three amendments to give freed slaves all of their rights?

Why would they make Congressional pay raises not go in effect until after the next election?

Why did WWI help women to get the right to vote?